Connection for storage-battery terminals



Jan. 18, 1927. 4,880

A. C. COLLINS CONNECTION FOR STORAGE BATTERY TERMINALS Filed June 5 1924 175 22 .2. 4- j 5 4 0 7' i A Patented Jan. 18, 1927.

1,614,880 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALI C. COLLINS, 0] ROGERS, ARKANSAS; OLLIE COLLINS, ADMINISTBATBIX OF SAID ALIC. COLLINS, DECEASED, ASSIGNOB TO FRANCIS N. COLLINS, BESSIE CAVINS, AND OLLIE COLLINS, 0] ROGERS, ARKANSAS.

' oomc'rron FOB s ronaon-nar'rnnv TERMINALS.

Application filed June 5, 1924. Serial No. 718,091.

This invention relates to connections for storage battery terminals and the object 1s to provide means for packing the, connections with Vaseline or grease to prevent corroding.

A further object of this invention is to rovide means to lubricate the clamping be t of the connection.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is atop plan view of the device with the lid thrown open;

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the lid closed;

Fig. 3 is a side. view,

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Fig. 5 is'an end view of the device; and

Fig. 6 is a top plan view showing the connection open to beapplied to the battery termina The body portion of the connection preferably consists of members 1 and 2 hin together asat The outer end of the members 1 and 2 are secured together by a bolt-4 carried by the member 1 and adapted'to enage a screw threaded opening 5 in the mem- Eer 2. The intermediate portions of the members 1 and 2 are provided in" their inner margins with the substantially semi-circular recesses 6 which, when said members are in their closed or clamping position, register to provide an opening to receive the terminal of a battery when applied. Surrounding the registering recesess Gisa reces or chamber 7 which together with the opening is broken when the members 1 and 2 are opened. The

meeting edges-of this recess 7 overlap as at 7 when closed. Included in-this chamber 7 is the pivot 3 which secures the members together as shown in Fig. 4. In this way the hinge of. the members 1 and 2 is also packed with the Vaseline or other lubricant. As a means for lubricating the securing bolt 4 a duct 8 leads from the chamber 7 to the threaded opening 5-.in the member 2. A cover 9 is hinged as at 10 to themember 2 and serves to close the chamber 7.

Arranged alo the outer wall of the member 2 is a soc et 11 which serves to re-' ceive the connecting wire. A set screw 12 is provided to insure a contact between the.

comprising hinged members having register ing openin in the meeting edges thereof, a bolt carrie by the outer end of one of said members and engaging a screw-threaded opening in the other member, a recess arranged in the upper faces of said members and communicating with the registering openings of said members, a duct leading from said recess to the screw-threaded opening, a socket arranged along the wall of one of said members and a hinged cover for said recess.

, 2. A device of the character described including hinged members having registering openings in the meeting edges thereof for receiving a terminal, said-members having an enlarged chamber arranged about the openings for receiving and applying lubricant to the terminal, and means for'clamping the hinged members together.

3. A device of the character described including hin ed members having an opening therein, an having a chamber about said opening for receiving a lubricant, and means for clamping the hinged members togther, one of the members having a duct leading from the chamber to said means for lubricating the same.

4. 1m combination with a batter terminal and a lead wire, a bin ed clamp or attachmg the lead wire to the terminal provided with a chamber for the reception of lubricant communicati-n with the. terminal and with the hinge of t e clamp.

5. A terminal connector having portions to clampingly engage a binding post and other portions combining when the first named portions are in clamping position to provide a reservoir for lubricant in communication with the clamping faces of said portions.

6. A terminal connector having relatively movable sections having portions to clampingly engage a binding post, an element for shifting said sections to cause said portions to clamp upon the binding post and other portions combining when the first named portions are in clamping position to provide a reservoir for lubricant in communication with said element.

7. A terminal connector having relatively movable sections having portions to clampingly engage a binding post, an element for shifting said sections to cause said portions to clamp upon the binding post, and other portions combining when the first named ortions are in clamping position to provi e a reservoir for lubricant in communication with said element and with the clamping faces of said portions.

8. A terminal connector having hingedly connected sections having portions to clamp- 9. A terminal connector having hingedly connected sections having portions to clampingly engage a binding post an element for shiftingsaid portions to cause the same to clamp upon the binding post and other portions combining when the first named portions are in clamping position to provide a reservoir for lubricant in communication with the hiriged connection of' said sections and with the clamping faces of said portions.

10. A terminal connector having hingedly connected sections having portions to clamp ingly engage a' binding post, an element for shifting said portions to cause the same to clamp upon the binding post and other portions combining when the first named portions are in clamping position to provide a reservoir for lubricant in communication with the hinged connection of said sections and with the clamping faces of said portions .reservoir to said element.

11. A terminal connector having relatively movable sections having portions to clampingly engage a binding post, an element for shifting said sections to cause said ortions to clamp upon the binding post, ot er portions combining when the first named portions are in clamping position to provide a reservoir for lubricant in communication with said element and a cover for the reservoir hinged to one of said sections.

12. A devicev of the character described comprising hinged members having registering openings in the meeting edges thereof, a clamping bolt carried by the outer end of one of said members and engaging a screwthreaded opening in the opposite end of the other member, said hinged members when in clamping engagement being provided with a recess in the top of said members communicating with the registering openings and hinged portion of said members, a socket carried by one of said members and a closure for said recess.

13. A terminal connector having portions to clanipingly engage a binding post and other portions combining when the first namedportions are in clamping position to provide a reservoir for lubricant in com munication with the clamping faces of said portions, and a member threaded through one of the portions and having its inner end portion pointed to engage the binding post. 14. A terminal connector having portions to clampingly engage a binding post and other portions combining when the first named portions are in clamping-position to provide a reservoir for lubricant in communication with the clamping faces of said portions, and means carried by one of the portions to impinge the binding post when the portions are in clamping position.

In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature.

-AL F C. COLLINS. 

